Well, my point was made in reference to the original comment which said
> If consciousness is not well understood, how is AI on silicon allowed, or any computing machines at all
Which implies that we should care about some kind of suffering inflicted on conscious beings. My argument was that we don't care about AI suffering because we don't really care that much about suffering generally, because of what we chose to do to animals.
> If consciousness is not well understood, how is AI on silicon allowed, or any computing machines at all
Which implies that we should care about some kind of suffering inflicted on conscious beings. My argument was that we don't care about AI suffering because we don't really care that much about suffering generally, because of what we chose to do to animals.